Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Mobile-Based Education and Self-Care Application for Covid-19 Disease: A Study Protocol

Background: With an emphasis on implementing self-care protocols to control and manage coronavirus disease and its widespread prevalence as well as high transmission rate along with deficiencies in the health system, the use of technologies to implement care protocols, disease management, and control is undeniable. Therefore, the present study has been conducted aimed to design, implement and evaluate mobile-based self-care educational software for patients with Covid-19 in order to provide self-care protocols in an interactive environment for better disease control and management. Methods: The present study is applied and developmental that has been conducted in 2021in order to design, implement and evaluate mobile-based self-care training software for Covid-19.This study will be conducted at four stages.The fourth stage will be the open-label, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial and evaluation stage of software, in which the patients with Covid-19 who are required to self-quarantine at home and follow self-care protocols. The proposed clinical trial will be held at the medical centers in Ardabil and Khalkhal cites, for 4 weeks to assess the efficacy of mobile-based self-care educational software for patients with Covid-19 for better disease control. Conclusion: It is expected that the use that 4 weeks use of the application will improve measures of investigation. Trial registration Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials IRCT20210509051231N1. Registered on 23 June 2021, https://www.irct.ir/user/trial/56352/view .